My first Xbox Live experience

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Getting my ass handed to me at Halo2 while some dude ran around the map droning "weiner bomb" over and over again.

I guess it's about what I expected.

Why would you do that to yourself?

Put all of the GWJ guys on your friends list and only play with us!

True dat. The world is full of Idiots and a good chuck of them play Xbox Live.

I obviously need to add all you guys to my friends list post haste!

That, and to reduce my overall level of n00bism so I''m not getting pwn3d all the time...

Definitely agree on adding people you know to your friends list and playing with them. Makes XBOX Live much more enjoyable.

Also, Halo 2 struck me as dangerous waters. Number 1, it''s a very popular game, so every asshat in the world owns it and plays it. Also, in my mind, it''s kind of a dumb game. The ""special weapons"" (rocket launcher, sword, sniper rifle) are so much more powerful than the other weapons that the whole game seems to be about getting and keeping those weapons. Since most weapons have a big reticule (i.e. they''re not accurate) the game is otherwise just a question of math. Is it two guys on one? Did you start firing first? If you know the map and where the good stuff/ hiding spots are, you have a huge leg up. So mostly, it''s a matter of knowing the map and grabbing the special weapons.

I liked Halo, but Halo 2 struck me as kind of dumb.

"Poppinfresh" wrote:

If you know the map and where the good stuff/ hiding spots are, you have a huge leg up. So mostly, it''s a matter of knowing the map and grabbing the special weapons.

I can certainly see that. Another irritating gameplay issue is that if someone happens to come around behind you or you get caught in a crossfire, you''re history. You move so slowly that it takes an eternity to either get out of the way or turn and return fire...it''s kind of a rude awakening after UT2004, which is much more about raw reflexes. Halo 2 seems to be more about knowing where to camp and keeping your back to the wall.

This is just based on my limited experience playing Slayer in small maps...I imagine the various team games would be a lot less frustrating.

You can change your controller sensitivity to move faster (it''s set pretty slow), but your basic point is still quite true. Playing with friends for fun can be entertaining, but after spending some hours on it, playing with random people just isn''t worth it to me.

"Podunk" wrote:

Getting my ass handed to me at Halo2 while some dude ran around the map droning ""weiner bomb"" over and over again.

I guess it''s about what I expected. :D

For some reason, I thought this was the funniest thing I''ve ever read.

"Poppinfresh" wrote:

You can change your controller sensitivity to move faster (it''s set pretty slow), but your basic point is still quite true. Playing with friends for fun can be entertaining, but after spending some hours on it, playing with random people just isn''t worth it to me.

Well I don''t know... I usually find the experience of shooting annoying people pretty liberating actually.

"pandion124" wrote:
"Poppinfresh" wrote:

You can change your controller sensitivity to move faster (it''s set pretty slow), but your basic point is still quite true. Playing with friends for fun can be entertaining, but after spending some hours on it, playing with random people just isn''t worth it to me.

Well I don''t know... I usually find the experience of shooting annoying people pretty liberating actually.

That part is fun. It''s the part where they shoot back that sucks. Especially when it''s some screechy-voiced trash-talker.

"Podunk" wrote:

Getting my ass handed to me at Halo2 while some dude ran around the map droning ""weiner bomb"" over and over again.

I guess it''s about what I expected. :D

Heh. You said ''handed.''

"Sanjuro" wrote:
"Podunk" wrote:

Getting my ass handed to me at Halo2 while some dude ran around the map droning ""weiner bomb"" over and over again.

I guess it''s about what I expected. :D

For some reason, I thought this was the funniest thing I''ve ever read.

Seconded. I''m still chortling.

Ahem
<clears throat>
Ahem!

Weiner bomb.

Thanks, I''ll be here all week. Enjoy the buffet.

It''s not all bad you know. After this game some 12yo called me ""CHEATER!"" about 37 times in a row without stopping for breath

Turn it around and have fun with it. My wife likes talking smack through the headset when I play online. It''s pretty funny when the other players start freaking out because they think they''re getting their asses kicked by a woman.

It is startling the number of drunk/stoned dumbasses out there playing on Live though.

"L&L" wrote:

It is startling the number of drunk/stoned dumbasses out there playing on Live though.

Unless you''re going to tell me that the number is surprisingly low, I''m missing the part that''s startling...

"Lock&Load" wrote:

My wife likes talking smack through the headset when I play online. It''s pretty funny when the other players start freaking out because they think they''re getting their asses kicked by a woman.

I am so going to do that with my gf.

Mmmm.... Weinerbomb...

My first XBox Live experience was on Burnout 3. Everyone was really nice. Then I tried Crimson Skies and everyone was dead silent except for yelling at the host to start the game.

Yeah, but weiner bomb. So there.

"Lock&Load" wrote:

Turn it around and have fun with it. My wife likes talking smack through the headset when I play online. It''s pretty funny when the other players start freaking out because they think they''re getting their asses kicked by a woman.

My girlfriend loves doing that on SOCOM II and Xbox Live alike.

""Give me the headset!"", she demands.
""You need to at least tell me what they say to me"", I tell her.

She agrees. Of course, 5 minutes in, I notice the onscreen ""chat"" indicators, and yet jack sh-t is getting relayed from her to me.

""WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?"", I ask
""Huh? Uhm... I don''t know. Something about a bomb guy or something.""

*sigh*

"*Legion*" wrote:

""Give me the headset!"", she demands.

At this point you say ""No.""

Wiener bomb.

At risk of looking like a dork: What is a Wiener bomb?

First rule of Wiener bomb?

1) Don''t talk about Wiener bomb.

Second rule of Wiener bomb?

Wiener bomb.

"MoonDragon" wrote:

At risk of looking like aSKIMMER: What is a Wiener bomb?

WEINER BOMB!!

"1Dgaf" wrote:

At this point you say ""No.""

Not if I want her to say ""yes"" later when *I* have something to ask for...

"JimmDogg" wrote:

First rule of Wiener bomb?

1) Don''t talk about Wiener bomb.

This whole thing was only funny until this point, at which I then proceeded to hurt. Perfect use of the reference!

"*Legion*" wrote:
"1Dgaf" wrote:

At this point you say ""No.""

Not if I want her to say ""yes"" later when *I* have something to ask for...

I think you should withhold sex from her until she starts getting in line. Screw conventional gender roles! She isn''t as self-sufficient as you are! You''re a ROCK. You can DO this. Win one for all of us!

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